Resetting GPU depreciation: Why AI factories bend, but don’t break, useful life assumptions

Understanding the “Cascading Use Model” in GPUs

The term “cascading use model” isn’t a widely standardized phrase in GPU literature as of November 2025, but it aptly describes an emerging paradigm in GPU utilization where computational resources are reused and repurposed in a sequential, layered, or “cascading” fashion across different workloads, users, or stages of processing. This model is particularly relevant in […] The post Understanding the “Cascading Use Model” in GPUs appeared first o…

GPU Depreciation Exposed: A Hidden Threat to AI Economics

GPU depreciation poses a hidden risk to AI economics, affecting profits, investments, and the true cost of infrastructure in the AI era.

Resetting GPU depreciation: Why AI factories bend, but don’t break, useful life assumptions

Much attention has been focused in the news on the useful life of graphics processing units, the dominant chips for artificial intelligence. Though the pervasive narrative suggests GPUs have a short lifespan, and operators are “cooking the books,” our research suggests that GPUs, like central processing units before, have a significantly longer useful life than many claim. […] The post Resetting GPU depreciation: Why AI factories bend, but don’t…